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| The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 4th. Moon Sung-joo, the one-out grand slam in the top of the eighth inning, is welcomed by frontrunners. Photo = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com |
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The bullpen pitcher collapsed. A fatal error by the first baseman, who even won the Golden Glove, came out. He was even hit with a two-run shot by the opponent team's batter, who was a candidate for the Rookie of the Year.
Around the time I thought, "Today's game is over," a word from LG's cheerleading team leader on the third base "It's okay. We're going to turn the tables now."
The prophecy, which had not been heard in vain, became a reality as it was. The LG Twins beat the KT Wiz 10-8 after a series of hard-hit games that turned the tables. LG, the No. 1 team with two consecutive wins, beat the Hanwha Eagles by 5.5 games, who had no game on the day. The Magic number for winning the regular league has been reduced to '13'.
Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 4th. LG, which was struggling with KT's substitute starter Moon Yong-ik's good pitching, took its first opportunity in the top of the fourth inning. Soon after Kim Hyun-soo's double and Oh Ji-hwan's right-handed hit made the first and third bases with no outs, Moon Yong-ik, who complained of finger pain, was suddenly replaced.
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| Moon Yong-ik, who took the mound as a starter, is being replaced by a finger or more during pitching in the fourth inning. |
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Je Chun-mo, who took the mound, then handled Park Dong-won with a 6-4-3 double play, but in the meantime, third baseman Kim Hyun-soo stepped home and led 1-0.
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| Song Seung-gi, who allowed Jang Sung-woo to shoot solo in the bottom of the 5th inning, |
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In the bottom of the fifth inning, KT destroyed Song Seung-ki, who was playing well. Jang Sung-woo's solo shot and Kang Baek-ho and Huh Kyung-min's timely hit succeeded in turning the tables 3-1.
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| O Ji-hwan is welcomed after hitting a two-run shot with one out in the top of the sixth inning. |
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LG caught up again in the top of the sixth inning. Following Kim Hyun-soo's hit after one out, Oh Ji-hwan fired a two-run shot over the right-center fence, tying the game 3-3.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, the LG bench lowered Song Seung-ki and put in Jang Hyun-sik, but the content was disappointing. He allowed Ahn Hyun-min, the first batter, to double on the left field line, and gave up a walk to Jang Sung-woo.
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| Austin, who caught Hwang Jae-kyun's ground ball with no outs and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the sixth inning, committed a bad pitch to the second base. The runner on second base was home-in, and Hwang Jae-gyun advanced to second base. |
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With runners on first and second bases with no outs, Hwang Jae-gyun was induced to ground out to first base. However, Austin, a reliable first baseman, made an absurd throwing error to second base.
He gave up one point in a situation where he had to be killed in a double play, and became second and third base with no outs. Catcher Park Dong-won rushed to the mound, but Jang Hyun-sik's mentality has already collapsed. After giving up a straight walk to pinch hitter Junghoon Lee, he was immediately replaced by Kim Jin-sung.
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| Lee Ho-yeon is happy after hitting an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. |
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KT scored two more runs on Kim Sang-soo's sacrifice fly and Lee Ho-yeon's RBI double, leading to a 6-3 run.
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| Moon Sung-joo hits an RBI timely hit in the top of the seventh inning with one out and runners on second base. |
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LG, who doesn't know how to give up, followed again. In the top of the seventh inning, Park Hae-min's hit and Moon Sung-joo's timely hit scored one run, and Moon Bo-kyung's ground ball to the first base following Austin's double brought third baseman Moon Sung-joo home to chase 6-5.
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| The players are cheering when Ahn Hyun-min hit a two-run shot with no outs and first base in the bottom of the seventh inning. |
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However, Lee Jung-yong, who took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning, allowed Ahn Hyun-min to hit a wedge two-run shot over the left fence. KT benches and cheering seats heated up. The atmosphere also seemed to have completely shifted toward KT.
Did LG give up? No. In the top of the eighth inning, LG's leadoff hitter Oh Ji-hwan got on base with a hit to right-center, reviving the dying embers. Park Dong-won's double then made him second and third base with no outs. Pinch hitter Park Kwan-woo's sacrifice fly to center field scored one point.
KT's bench had a super-stronger who put in the closer Park Young-hyun at Park Hae-min's at-bat ball count of 0B2S, but after Park Hae-min, Shin Min-jae walked to load the bases and took a bases-loaded chance.
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| With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Moon Sung-joo is smiling broadly as he goes around the ground after hitting a grand slam. |
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And Moon Sung-joo, who already had two hits, hit a come-from-behind grand slam over the right fence on Park Young-hyun's second change-up. It was the second bases-loaded walk with a distance of 115 meters.
The wizards raised their hands and feet at the concentration of the twins who did not know how to give up. LG baseball is scarier than zombies these days.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
